The CRAI-Library
in 5 minutes
Everything you need to know about the
CRAI Philology Library - UB
Academic year 2013-2014
The CRAI Philology Library
(Biblioteca de Lletres)
www.bib.ub.edu/en/libraries/philology/
The library is located in the Historic Building (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes,
585). The central section is located on the first floor of the Arts Courtyard (Pati
de Lletres). From this floor, you can access the Latin and Hispanic Literature
sections (Llatí – Hispàniques). The Romance Languages section (Romàniques) is
located on the ground floor, next to the car park.
Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 8.30am to 8.30pm.
The CRAI UB Library catalogue
http://cataleg.ub.edu/*eng
The catalogue is the main point of access to all items available from the CRAI UB Library.
Search options:
Quick search
Advanced search
Other searches, for example by ISBN/ISSN
How to find a document from its call number
The documents in the following sections are marked with the initial letter of the corresponding
section followed by the call number in the catalogue:
• ROMÀNIQUES
(Romance languages)
• LLATÍ
(Latin)
• HEBREU I ARAMEU
(Hebrew and Aramaic)
• GREC
(Greek)
• HISPÀNIQUES
(Hispanic literature)
• SALA DE CONSULTA
(Reference room)
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e.g. R 849.9 Foix
e.g. LL Ba (Cic) Teubner
e.g. HA B-1,2 Bab
e.g. G Cd (Hom) Gra
e.g. H 860 “11/14” Gon-1
e.g. 860 “19” Ner
e.g. S 802.0-7 COL
Usernames and passwords
Access to …
Username
(Identificador)
Password
Library computers
WIFI
Identificador local:
MónUB password
Built from the left part of the UB
email address, before the @, and
followed by .alumnes
E.g. jram7@alumnes.ub.edu
>> jram7.alumnes
Virtual Campus
UB email
Món UB
Proxy server
Identificador
MónUB password
My account (catalogue)
Option 1
Option 1
Name & surname
UB student card barcode
number
(4 characters)
Option 2
Left part of the UB email address
before the @ followed by .alumnes
Option 2
MónUB password
My account (catalogue)
cataleg.ub.edu/patroninfo*eng
This service gives you access to your personal user account within the
CRAI catalogue. Once you’ve signed in, you can consult the catalogue,
renew your loans, place requests, make lists and more.
Access to resources from outside the UB
http://www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/remot-acces/
Access to all electronic resources to which the CRAI subscribes is
provided through a proxy server to any computer outside the UB
local network.
You need to change your browser settings to use the proxy server.
Follow the link below to find out more:
http://www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/remot-acces/proxy-settings/
Loans service
www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/borrowing/
The loans service allows you to borrow items for a limited period of time. You must have a UB
student card or a similar ID document that entitles you to use CRAI services.
Reference only items
Journals
Reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.)
Old and rare books
Books marked with a red dot on the spine
Users
Items
Standard
loan period
5
10 days
8
10
10 days
20 days
 UB lecturers, researchers and teaching assistants
20
30 days
Audiovisual
material:
5 days
 Profesor, investigador y becario de
investigación
con tareas
docentes
UB
Restricted loans: 3 days
20
30
 UB undergraduate students
 Exchange students (Erasmus, Séneca, etc.)
 UB master’s degree and postgraduate students (UB-specific courses)
 IL3 students / students at affiliated centres / students at School of
Modern Languages / Alumni UB users
 UB students taking two degrees
 UB postgraduate students (official courses)
 UB administrative and service staff / visiting lecturers and researchers /
academic staff at affiliated centres / academic and research staff from
Hospital Clínic and Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Reading list items (Bibliografia recomanada): 7 days
Special reading list items - weekends (Fri. to Mon.): 3 days
Renewals
Requests
You can renew all loan items as many times as
you wish, except for items that have been
requested by another user and items that are
overdue. You can renew books online (through
My account), by telephone, or at the loans desk.
You can make up to 8 requests, either online
from My account or at the loans desk.
If you need a book or document that is
located at a different UB library, you can:
Penalties
Users who fail to return loan items on the required
date will have their accounts suspended
temporarily. The length of the penalty depends on
the type of loan item:
Normal loan / audiovisual: 1 day / overdue day
Restricted loans: 4 days / overdue day
Reading list: 4 days / overdue day
Special reading list: 6 days / overdue day
a) go to the UB library where the item is
held; or
b) submit a request from My account
(normal loan items) or at the loans desk (for
items from Bibliografia recomanada reading
lists). It will usually take 2-4 days for a
requested item to reach your library.
University Loan Consortium (PUC)
The PUC offers a free loan service that enables users of libraries
belonging to the Consortium of University Libraries of Catalonia
(CBUC) to request and borrow books and documents from other
CBUC libraries.
How can I request an item?
a) In person, at the library where the book is held: PUC in situ
b) Online: PUC via web
Where can I return items from the PUC loan service?
a) To any UB library
b) To any of the libraries at the institution from which the
item was loaned
Other services:
Laptop loans
www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/borrowing/laptop-loan/
E-book reader loans
www.bib.ub.edu/serveis/prestec/prestec-lectors-llibres/
Interlibrary loans
www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/interlibrary-loan/
Work rooms
www.bib.ub.edu/serveis/espais-aprenentatge/sales/
User training
www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/user-training/
ReCercador
http://recercador.ub.edu/
The reCercador is a gateway to a range of electronic resources such as bibliographic databases,
websites, library catalogues, electronic journals and journal portals.
It can be used to locate resources relevant to a particular area of study or research, and also
allows multiple resources to be cross-searched from a single interface.
Subject guides
www.bib.ub.edu/recursos-informacio/guies-tematiques/filologia/
These guides are specially curated lists of resources
for the different thematic areas across which
teaching and research at the UB are divided:
dictionaries, databases, bibliographies, books,
electronic journals, manuals, etc.
Ask the librarian
www.bib.ub.edu/en/services/pab0/
“Ask the librarian” is a virtual reference service with the
support of specialized librarians which aims to answer any
question or query about the CRAI and its libraries, and
how its services work.
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